Blogposts tagged 'Fad'

Tuna bluewash? Bolton’s fishy commitments

Posted by simon clydesdale - 30 January 2012 at 12:19pm - 1 Comment
A Greenpeace activist cuts the lines on a fish aggregating device (FAD) - curren
All rights reserved. Credit: © Greenpeace / Paul Hilton
Tuna giant Bolton says it will be '100% sustainable' by 2017, but how?

After the huge success of our UK tinned tuna campaign, described by the Independent as "one of the most successful environmental campaigns in years", it was great to hear a big European tuna brand - Bolton commit to completely clean up its act.

Article tagged as: bolton, FAD, fads, overfishing, tuna

The video the global tuna industry doesn’t want you to see

Posted by simon clydesdale - 17 November 2011 at 1:22pm - 4 Comments

Today we've released shocking footage of ocean life dying in gruesome ways at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean. The footage was shot by a New Zealand helicopter pilot turned whistleblower, who undertook aerial reconnaissance for tuna boats in the Pacific in 2009.

Article tagged as: FAD, fads, john west, overfishing, tuna

Sharks ask Princes: if you found Nemo, would you kill him too?

Posted by jamie - 21 February 2011 at 8:17am - 8 Comments
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace/Kristian Buus

Update, 9 March 2011: both Princes and Asda have committed to removing tuna caught using fish aggregating devices in combination with purse seine nets from their supply chains by 2014. Read more >>

By the time you read this, I'll be at the head office of Princes in Liverpool where a frenzy of sharks is demanding an end (a fin-ish?) to the dreadful fishing methods that kill other marine species like sharks, rays and even turtles which Princes relies on for its tinned tuna.

Article tagged as: bycatch, FAD, oceans, princes, rays, sharks, tuna, turtles

Purse-seining: when fishing methods go bad

Posted by Willie - 18 May 2010 at 2:41pm - 1 Comment

When good things go bad: a purse-seine in action

Greenpeace is not against purse-seining, which may surprise some people. Sure it's a big industrial-looking fishing operation, involving huge nets and catching lots of fish. But that's not always a bad thing.

If we are to assume we're still going to catch and eat fish, then purse-seining as a method is probably going to be something that continues. Purse-seining involves setting a large circular wall of net around fish, then 'pursing' the bottom together to capture them. Where purse-seining is best used is with large single-species schools of fish, that shoal tightly together. Examples like herring or mackerel spring to mind. These can be caught relatively 'cleanly' by purse-seining.

Article tagged as: bycatch, FAD, fishing, oceans, overfishing, purse-seining

Catch a passing FAD

Posted by jossc - 30 September 2009 at 12:51pm - 2 Comments

The crew of the Esperanza, still out patrolling the Pacific against the overfishing of tuna, just sent us this video update. They have been monitoring and confiscating fish aggregating devices (FADs) where ever they come across them. FADs are still being widely used by tuna fishing fleets throughout the Pacific Ocean - despite their use being illegal for most nations over the summer months.

Article tagged as: bluefin, esperanza, FAD, pacific, ships, tuna, videos
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